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Legislative Council Notice Paper No.159—Thursday 24 June 2010
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NOTICE PAPER
No. 159
THURSDAY 24 JUNE 2010
The House meets this day at 11.00 am
Contents
Private Members’ Business
Items in the Order of Precedence
Items outside the Order of Precedence
Government Business—Orders of the Day
Committee Reports—Orders of the Day
Budget Estimates—Take Note Debate
Business for Future Consideration
Contingent Notices of Motions
Private Members’ Business
Items in the Order of Precedence
*2.Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009: resumption of the adjourned debate (20 May 2010) of the question on the motion of Mr Brown: That this bill be now read a second time—Mr Colless speaking. (19 minutes)
3.Agricultural shows and town festivals—resumption of the interrupted debate (20 May 2010) of the question on the motion of Mr Veitch: That this House:
(a)acknowledges the contribution agricultural shows and town festivals make to the economy and social fabric of rural communities,
(b)extends its appreciation to the numerous volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure agricultural shows and local festivals are a success, and
(c)congratulates the organising committees for their ongoing contribution and enthusiasm in developing the range of activities and events during their respective agricultural show or town festival—Mr Colless speaking (17 minutes remaining)
Debate: 1 hour 7 minutes remaining
*4.Crimes Amendment (Grievous Bodily Harm) Bill 2010: resumption of the adjourned debate of the question on the motion of Revd Mr Nile: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 18 March 2010)—Mr Harwin. (20 minutes)
5.Ms Robertson to move—
That this House:
(a)notes that early intervention programs implemented by the Department of Community Services (DoCS) successfully increase resilience and promote healthy child development,
(b)notes that the NSW Labor Government has implemented a five-year, $1.2 billion funding plan to reform the child protection system, and
(c)commends the NSW Labor Government on the Brighter Futures Early Intervention Program run by DoCS, which is a whole-of-government program being delivered with the help of non-government organisations to assist families with problems relating to domestic violence, drug and alcohol issues, social isolation and mental illness.
(Notice given 4 December 2007)
6.Mr Khan to move—
That this House:
(a)notes that there has existed for some years now a proposal to increase the capacity of Chaffey Dam from 62 gigalitres to 100 gigalitres, known as the Chaffey Dam Augmentation,
(b)notes that the augmentation of Chaffey Dam can be most economically and efficiently undertaken at the same time as the required safety upgrade of the dam,
(c)notes that any augmentation of Chaffey Dam will have little or no effect upon the rate of discharge of waters from the Peel River to the Namoi River system,
(d)condemns the Rees State Labor Government for its delay in progressing the development of the Peel River Water Sharing Plan,
(e)condemns the Rees State Labor Government for its failure to progress the augmentation of Chaffey Dam,
(f)calls on the Rees State Labor Government to commence construction of the augmentation at the same time as the safety upgrade of the dam, and
(g)calls on the Rees State Labor Government to complete the augmentation and safety upgrade of Chaffey Dam during the current Parliament.
(Notice given 12 May 2009)
*7.Firearms Legislation Amendment Bill 2010: resumption of the adjourned debate of the question on the motion of Mr Smith: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 3 June 2010)—Mr Colless. (20 minutes)
8.Ms Sharpe to move—
1.That this House notes that:
(a)Custom Coaches in Smithfield recently delivered its one thousandth bus to the State Transit Authority of New South Wales,
(b)the bus is part of a record $250 million investment in new buses by the Government of New South Wales,
(c)Custom Coaches will deliver 250 Volvo Euro 5 buses and 255 Mercedes-Benz buses powered by Compressed Natural Gas as part of their contract with the Government, and
(d)the five-year 505 bus contract has created an extra 80 jobs at Custom Coaches plant in Smithfield, a further 200 jobs in the supply chain and 60 new apprentice positions.
2.That this House congratulates Custom Coaches for their 50 year commitment to quality manufacturing supporting public transport, the economy and jobs in Western Sydney.
(Notice given 16 June 2009)
9.Miss Gardiner to move—
1.That this House notes that:
(a)the Performance Audit report of the Auditor General entitled “Tackling Cancer with Radiotherapy: NSW Department of Health”, released in June 2009, identifies Hunter/New England as a “geographic area of need” for radiotherapy services,
(b)the New South Wales Cancer Council’s report entitled “Improving Radiotherapy - where to from here? A roadmap for the NSW Government”, released in June 2009, identifies that both Tamworth and Dubbo Hospitals “should be considered for new or expanded radiotherapy services”, and
(c)the New South Wales Labor Government is still yet to release its Radiotherapy Services Plan 2007-2011.
2.That this House calls on the Government to:
(a)release it future plans for radiotherapy services in New South Wales, and
(b)make planning and funding for radiotherapy services for people in the New England area, the north west and the mid and far west of New South Wales a high priority and ensure that Dubbo and Tamworth, as hubs for such services, are given the highest priority in tendering for New South Wales’ share of the $560 million available from the Federal Government to establish up to 10 regional cancer centres.
(Notice given 22 September 2009)
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Items Outside the Order of Precedence
- Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Liquor Act 1982 to require packaged liquor to contain a health warning about the danger of drinking when pregnant.
(Liquor Amendment (Health Warning for Pregnant Women) Bill)
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 to make it an offence to publish material that incites or promotes terrorism or other violence.
(Crimes Amendment (Incitement or Promotion of Terrorism and Violence) Bill)
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Ms Hale to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to establish a framework to require all government agencies to set benchmarks and targets, and report on an annual basis performance against those targets, in social service areas and across portfolios; and for other purposes.
(Accountable Government (Annual Reporting of Social Performance) Bill)
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Mr Cohen to move—
That this House:
(a) expresses its concern about the Canadian human rights report which found that political prisoners in China are being executed and their body parts harvested for use in transplants,
(b)notes with concern the report’s claim that since 2000 almost 40,000 transplants have been carried out using body parts harvested from executed members of the Falun Gong movement,
(c) expresses its abhorrence of the practice of organ harvesting, and
(d) calls on the Federal Government to pressure the Chinese Government to begin an independent investigation into claims of human organ harvesting.
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Ms Hale to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 with respect to water charges for social housing tenants, rent increases and termination of leases; and for other purposes.
(Residential Tenancies Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill)
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Ms Hale to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 to limit building and strata manager contracts to one year and establish guidelines on fair contracts, to ensure faster resolution of disputes, to establish new standards of transparency and honest dealing, to mandate independent assessment of new building defects, to establish a Strata Ombudsman to resolve problems; and for other purposes.
(Strata Schemes Management Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill)
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Mr Cohen to move—
1.That this House calls on COAG Health Group, as well as the Commonwealth and State Governments, to deliver a comprehensive solution to the current problem of young people living in nursing homes, which should include:
(a)a comprehensive funding plan involving partnerships with all relevant jurisdictions, their provider sector, consumers and a timetable for implementation,
(b)a clearly articulated transition process to enable individuals to plan how their housing, support and respite needs, along with those of their families/carers will be met in the future, and to enable support services to be delivered into their current nursing home accommodation as a matter of priority while they wait for alternative options to be created,
(c)a blueprint for the development of new accommodation options for targeted individuals living in aged care that provide ‘whole of life’, and ‘rest of life’ options,
(d)a process by which disability, aged care and carer support providers can work together with individuals and families in the developments of new services,
(e)plans for permanent joint funding arrangements that create a more responsive community care system to prevent inappropriate admissions of young people into aged care,
(f)development of a sustainable funding and service pathway out of aged care and acute care settings for younger people who have no other options, and
(g)mechanisms to ensure that young people have access to appropriate social environments as a key element of their support.
2.That this House urges the Government:
(a)to allocate the necessary funding to ensure a smooth transition from the existing unsatisfactory situation, to a situation that enables young people to live in their communities with family and friends, and
(b)to work with the Commonwealth to institute a national no fault insurance scheme for people suffering catastrophic injury.
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Mr Cohen to move—
1.That this House:
(a)notes the looming crisis of dwindling global oil supplies known as peak oil.
(b)calls on the Government to adopt the Oil Depletion Protocol, which can be found in full at as drafted by international authority on peak oil, Dr Colin Campbell, and is also known, with slight changes in wording, as the “The Rimini Protocol” and “The Uppsala Protocol”, and
(c)calls on the Government to commit signatories to the following principles, namely that:
(a)a convention of nations shall be called to consider the issue with a view to agreeing to an accord with the following objectives:
(i)to avoid profiteering from shortage, such that oil prices may remain in reasonable relationship with production cost,
(ii)to allow poor countries to afford their imports,
(iii)to avoid destabilising financial flows arising from excessive oil prices,
(iv)to encourage consumers to avoid waste,
(v)to stimulate the development of alternative energies,
(b)such an accord shall have the following outline provisions:
(i)the world and every nation shall aim to reduce oil consumption by at least the world depletion rate,
(ii)no country shall produce oil at above its present depletion rate,
(iii)no country shall import at above the world depletion rate,
(iv)the depletion rate is defined as annual production as a per cent of what is left (reserves plus yet-to-find),
(v)the preceding provisions refer to regular conventional oil—which category excludes heavy oils with cut-off of 17.5 API, deepwater oil with a cut-off of 500 metres, polar oil, gas liquids from gas fields, tar sands, oil shale, oil from coal, biofuels such as ethanol, etc,
(vi)detailed provisions shall cover the definition of the several categories of oil, exemptions and qualifications, and the scientific procedures for the estimation of depletion rate,
(vii)the signatory countries shall cooperate in providing information on their reserves, allowing full technical audit, such that the depletion rate may be accurately determined,
(viii)the signatory countries shall have the right to appeal their assessed depletion rate in the event of changed circumstances.
2.That this House notes that the Oil Depletion Protocol has already been adopted by a number of Australian organisations and is reportedly being considered by Brisbane City Council.
(Notice given 9 May 2007)
- Mr Gay to move—
That, under standing order 52, there be laid upon the table of the House within 14 days of the date of passing of this resolution the following documents:
(a)all documents, whether in written or electronic form, including briefing preparation, notes and correspondence, not previously provided to the House, and created between 1 January 2002 and 18 October 2006, in the possession, custody or control of The Cabinet Office, the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA), the Premier’s Department, the Department of Infrastructure, the Premier, the Minister for Roads and the Minister for Transport, relating to the decision to proceed with the widening of the Spit Bridge,
(b)all documents, whether in written or electronic form, including briefing preparation, notes and correspondence, not previously provided to the House, and in the possession, custody or control of The Cabinet Office, the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA), the Premier’s Department, the Department of Infrastructure, the Premier, the Minister for Roads and the Minister for Transport, relating to the decision not to proceed with the widening of the Spit Bridge,
(c)the following documents considered exempt and not provided, either in whole or in part, in response to the freedom of information request from Mike Baird MP, and referred to in the “Determination – Notification of Partial Access Approval – posting Documents to Applicant s.28 (1) & (2)”, FOI Ref No 2007/FI/0202, dated 11 May 2007, by the following identifying numbers:
(i)documents 148, 160, 202, 424, 426-452, 488-509, 510-517, 518-523, 526, 528-530 543-549 550-571 572-580 582-603,
(ii)documents 582-603 titled ‘Spit Bridge Widening- Tender Comparison Summary Sheet and Schedule of Prices’,
(iii)documents 374-375 in entirety,
(iv)document 376 dated December 1, 2006, and
(d)any document which records or refers to the production of documents as a result of this order of the House.
(Notice given 29 May 2007)
*10.Child Protection (Nicole’s Law) Bill 2009: resumption of the adjourned debate of the question on the motion of Revd Mr Nile: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 22 October 2009)—Mr Smith. (20 minutes)
- Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Crimes Act 1900 with respect to the age of consent in relation to sexual offences against males and females.
(Crimes Amendment (Age of Consent) Bill)
(Notice given 29 May 2007)
- Mr Gallacher to move—
That this House:
(a)notes that Labor has taken the Hunter region for granted over the past 12 years and has failed to invest in vital infrastructure,
(b)notes that Labor’s Lower Hunter Strategy contains no details for infrastructure spending for the Hunter region,
(c)condemns the Government for its failure to provide vital infrastructure spending for the Hunter in recent state budgets, and
(d)calls on the Treasurer and the Minister for the Hunter to commit to vital infrastructure funding for the Hunter in the upcoming June state budget.
(Notice given 29 May 2007)
- Revd Mr Nile to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Family Impact Commission to study the moral, social and economic effects on the family unit of certain laws and proposed laws and the Government expenditure; and for related purposes.
(Family Impact Commission Bill)
(Notice given 29 May 2007)
- Mr Gay to move—
That, under standing order 52, there be laid upon the table of the House within 14 days of the date of passing of this resolution the following documents in the possession, custody or control of thePremier, The Cabinet Office, the Minister for Lands, the Department of Lands, the Treasurer, NSW Treasury, the Minister for Planning, the Department of Planning, the Minister for Local Government, or the Department of Local Government, created since March 2003:
(a) all documents relating to the sale or potential sale of Crown land administered by a Crown land trust, to private or commercial developers or any other body,
(b) all documents relating to the leasing of Crown land administered by a Crown land trust, to private or commercial developers or any other body, and
(c) any document which records or refers to the production of documents as a result of this order of the House.
(Notice given 29 May 2007)
*15.Educational Support for Dyslexic Children Bill 2007:resumption of the adjourned debate of the question on the motion of Revd Mr Nile: That this bill be now read a second time (5 calendar days from 7 June 2007)—Mr Veitch. (20 minutes)
- Mr Cohen to move—
That, under standing order 52, there be laid upon the table of the House within 14 days of the date of passing of this resolution any document, created since 1996, in the possession, custody or control of theMinister for Primary Industries, of the Department of Primary Industries which shows:
(a)annual total shark catch records for New South Wales,
(b)annual shark catch records for New South Wales by species,
(c)annual shark catch records for New South Wales by fishing region,
(d)annual shark catch records for New South Wales by method of catch, and
(e)any document which records or refers to the production of documents as a result of this order of the House.
(Notice given 31 May 2007)
- Dr Kaye to move—
That leave be given to bring in a bill for an Act to amend the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Act 1986 to make further provision for prohibiting nuclear facilities and in connection with the storage and disposal of nuclear waste in the State and to require a plebiscite to be held in the event of the Commonwealth government taking steps to support or allow the construction of a prohibited nuclear facility in the State.
(Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Amendment (Plebiscite and Stronger Prohibitions) Bill)
(Notice given 19 June 2007)